Steven D. Levitt, an American economist, was born on May 29, 1967 to a Jewish family. He attended St. Paul Academy and Summit School, and then later graduated from Harvard University in 1989 with an A.B. in Economics. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT in 1994. He is primarily known for his work in the field of crime.
Levitt began his career following his graduation from Harvard as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies in Boston. Currently, he is the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor and Director of the Becker Center on Price Theory at the University of Chicago. Until 2007, he was also co-editor of the University of Chicago Press's Journal of Political Economy. He...
